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<br />Charter Section 901.1 - Prohibition against serving as treasurer for <br />campaign committee <br /> <br />CURRENT PROVISION <br /> <br />"If any member of an appointive board or commission shall become the treasurer <br />of a campaign committee which receives contributions for any candidate for <br />mayor or councilmember, his or her office shall become vacant and shall be so <br />declared by the city council." <br /> <br />PROPOSED PROVISION <br /> <br />"If any member of an appointive board or commission shall become the treasurer <br />of a campaign committee which receives contributions for any candidate for <br />mayor or councilmember, his or her office shall become vacant and shall be so <br />declared by the city council...no person who serves as the treasurer of a <br />campaign committee which receives contributions for any candidate for mayor or <br />councilmember shall be eligible for appointment to any appointive board or <br />commission" <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The recommendation to change this provision was made by the Citizens' Task <br />Force. Members noted that the current charter provision only addresses sitting <br />board members who become the treasurer of a committee after appointment to a <br />board or commission. The current charter does not address applicants for <br />appointment to the various boards. The proposed change specifies that no <br />person who is a treasurer of a campaign committee for a city candidate shall be <br />eligible for appointment to any appointive board or commission. <br /> <br />AD HOC COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS' TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />The Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review concurred with the recommendation <br />made by the Charter Amendment Citizens' Task Force. Several members of the <br />Citizens' Task Force also suggested that treasurers of committees formed to <br />support or oppose city measures should not be eligible for appointment to any <br />board or commission. <br /> <br />WSA-8 <br />